| Overseas Advisory Committee, China State Council | | 2011 - Present |
| Annual Review of Genetics | Editorial Board | 2011 - Present |
| Integrative Biology | Editorial Board | 2010 - Present |
| Cell | Editorial Board | 2009 - 2016 |
| Disease Models and Mechanisms | Founding Editor | 2008 - Present |
| Cell Research | Editorial Board | 2006 - 2010 |
| Yale Center for Experimental and Therapeutic Genetics | Director | 2004 - 2010 |
| The International Journal of Biological Sciences | Editorial Board | 2003 - Present |
| Journal of Genetics and Genomics | Editorial Board | 2003 - Present |
| Special Advisor to President of Yale University on Science and Education in China | | 2002 - 2011 |
| Chinese Biological Investigators Society | President | 2002 - 2005 |
| Molecular Cancer Research | Editorial Board | 2002 - Present |
| The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases | Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board | 2002 - Present |
| Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America | Treasurer | 2000 - 2004 |
| American-Chinese Frontiers of Science | Chair, Committee | 1997 - 2000 |